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<p><strong>The first of the three most important rowing races that take place in Livorno every year.</strong> <br /><span class="inline inline-left"><a href="/coppa_dei_risiatori_the_finishing_line"><img src="http://www.livornonow.com/sites/default/files/images/caldana, GR 130.img_assist_custom-450x338.JPG" alt="Coppa dei Risiatori - the Finishing Line" title="Coppa dei Risiatori - the Finishing Line" class="image image-img_assist_custom-450x338 " width="450" height="338" /></a><span class="caption" style="width: 448px;"><strong>Coppa dei Risiatori - the Finishing Line</strong></span></span>It takes place on the first or second Sunday in June. Unlike the other two (<a href="http://livornonow.com/coppa_ilio_barontini" target="_self">Coppa Barontini</a> and <a href="http://livornonow.com/il_palio_marinaro" target="_self">Palio Marinaro</a>) the <strong>Coppa Risiatori</strong> involves two different routes, one for the 10-man boats and one for the smaller gozzette. The ten man teams depart from the <strong>Meloria Tower</strong> out at sea (about 5km from the entrance to the <strong>Port of Livorno</strong>). The finishing line is on the <strong>Scali Novi Lena</strong>, in the heart of the <strong><a href="http://livornonow.com/borgo_cappuccini_039il_borgo039_9" target="_self">Borgo Cappuccini</a></strong> district.</p>
<p>The overall distance is 7600 metres, which the teams cover in about 35 minutes. Spectators watch the race from boats out at sea or wait for the arrival of the winning team on the Scali Novi Lena. The race, the hundreds of boats that follow the teams, and the crowd of spectators and supporters is well worth watching.</p>
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<p><strong>Festa della Repubblica</strong> (literally Festival of the Republic) is celebrated in Italy on the second of June each year.</p>
<p>The day commemorates the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage in 1946, in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on the form of government, following the Second World War and the fall of Fascism. </p>
<p>With 12,717,923 votes for a republic and 10,719,284 for the monarchy, the male descendants of the House of Savoy were sent into exile. </p>
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<p><span class="inline inline-left"><a href="/coppa_barontini_after_dark_on_the_medici_canals"><img src="http://www.livornonow.com/sites/default/files/images/Coppa Barontini Events June 2007 (22).img_assist_custom-400x300.JPG" alt="Coppa Barontini after dark on the Medici canals" title="Coppa Barontini after dark on the Medici canals" class="image image-img_assist_custom-400x300 " width="400" height="300" /></a><span class="caption" style="width: 398px;"><strong>Coppa Barontini after dark on the Medici canals</strong></span></span>The <strong>Coppa Ilio Barontini</strong> takes place after dark usually on the <strong>last Saturday in June (21st June for 2014)</strong>. It is named after a resistance fighter from Livorno who died in a road accident in 1951. The race was founded in 1966 in his honour.&nbsp;</p>
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